Start-up of You, Visual Summary

In commemoration of a year in print, we present the Startup of You in visual summary. The last year has continued to demonstrate how work and careers need a new entrepreneurial mindset for everyone, not just entrepreneurs.

Start-up of You, Visual Summary

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

All human beingsare entrepreneurs.When we
were in the caves,we were all self-employed...finding our food, feedingourselves. That’s wherehuman history began. Ascivilization came, we suppressedit. We became “labor” becausethey stamped us, “You are labor.”We forgot that we are entrepreneurs.—MUHAMMAD YUNUS Nobel Peace Prize winner and microfinance pioneer

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

Use it to pay for
coffees,lunches, and the occasionalplane ticket to meet newpeople and shore upexisting relationships.

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

And the extra cash —
$20,000 in profit — bought themenough time to figure out how to turn a consistent profit.

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

CHAPTER 1: ALL HUMANS ARE
ENTREPRENEURSCHAPTER 2: DEVELOP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECHAPTER 3: PLAN TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: IT TAKES A NETWORKCHAPTER 5: PURSUE BREAKOUT OPPORTUNITIESCHAPTER 6: TAKE INTELLIGENT RISKSCHAPTER 7: WHO YOU KNOW IS WHAT YOU KNOW

The most meaningfulway to differentiateyour
company fromyour competition, thebest way to put distancebetween you and thecrowd, is to do anoutstanding job withinformation. How yougather, manage, anduse information willdetermine whetheryou win or lose.—BILL GATES